Lòtzio

Musician of images, likes playing with sounds and images, perception and thoughts. ..in order.. to a sly smile on human's things.Lòtzio is the newborn (late 2010) soloist audiovisual project from the italian musician, artist and producer Andrea Carlotto,
based in Aosta Valley, in the west-northern side of Italy. The aim of the project is to investigate the dialogue between
differents art's approaches, working with both digital an analogues tools and with differents forms of art : contemporary electroachoustic
music and audiovisuals, but also photography, literature, dance, theatre, painting, sculpture, performance, installation...
The concept of "Extended Listening" and its possibles declinations, is the primary goal for the compositional process,
leading the entire work in the direction of creating multiples plans and possibilities of Listenig (perceptual, cognitive,
istinctive, physical, social, cultural..) and playing with it, in order to suggest and evocate a multifaceted reflection
about human things: from a very deep, subjective and intimate postion, leading to a metaphysical and instinctive sight of human beings, trying to evocate and unveil their complex system of relationships, and the interactions/reverberations between this two poles.

Lòtzio @ RAITUNE5.
Sunday 10.06.2012 some Lòtzio's images will be the visual comment of some slices of Alessio Bertallot's TV show "RAITUNE5" on air on RAI 5 channel (National Italian TV Channel). Start at h. 22.40. Enjoy!

Lòtzio @ RAITUNES. Wednsday night (h. 22.40 - 24) Lòtzio will perform some live realtime visuals during the Alessio Bertallot's radio show RAITUNES on air on the italian national radio channel RADIO 2. You can follow the live streaming here.

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BIO

Lòtzio (ANDREA CARLOTTO)
Interested in music and art (drawing, literature and audiovisual) since his teenage years,
he began the study of Ethnic percussion with M° Matteo Cigna, falling in love and specializing
in traditional Mandinga African music (northwest Africa), studying history, aesthetics and
the many different traditions and approaches with great african and occidentals teachers
such as Adama Dramé, Mare Sanogo, Amadou Kienou, Baba Sissoko, Ibrahima Traoré, Doussou Tourre,
Lamine Sow, Seny Touré, Vincent Harisdo, Aho Luc Nicaise, Remy Aguidoussou, Piergianni Gillio,
Gert Kilian, Seydou Dao, Ray Lema, Marco Fadda, Gilson Silveira ...He played with the percussion
and dance ensemble of Mamima Swan since 2000, deepening the study of the traditional approach
contaminated with the instincts and the aesthetics of contemporary music and dance.
He graduated in Music Therapy in 2004, starting a professional activity and specialization in
preventive area and childhood. In the same times defines its own method of approach in teaching
and into introduction to music and movement for children and teenagers, integrating some ideas
and topics evidenced by the study of various disciplines (music, audiovisual, music therapy),
and various musical and cultural experiences with which it comes into contact. Founding member
and Artistic Director of the cultural association "nD.nA.nC." in Aosta, founded in 2003, is
involved in planning and realization of concerts, workshops, competitions, exhibitions, social
services, and actively promoting social and cultural moments. With the same associationhe builds
and manages the Cultural Circle named "Opera I" in Aosta. He plays since 2005 with the ensemble
Acusmatic Group (Blackxploitation, Crime Jazz, Funk, Jazz, Bossa, Electronics), participating in
the creation of soundtracks "ad hoc" and playing live for short films and feature films, as well
as a more conventional concert activities. He works in various contexts as a teacher in the
activity of introduction to music and movement for children (from 2 years-old) and adolescence,
and as a music therapist. He teaches ethnic percussion in the music school "SuonoGestoMusicaDanza"
in Aosta and cooperate in the management of the didactical and artistic production inside the
music.cultural association Mamima Swan with his friend and master Matteo Cigna. Since 2001, he plays
Live accompanying courses, workshops and live performances of Contemporary and Traditional African
Dance. In 2007 he worked at the designing, production, staging and performace of the show conceived
for blindfolded public "Morte di Minotauro - Azione Spettacolare Senza un Senso (spectacular action
without a sense)" on tour in various international festivals (Aosta, Turin, Florence, Lyon..).
Since 2009, he studied electronic music at the Conservatory "G. Verdi " in Como (It).
He meets the Otolab collective attending the workshop "Theory and practice of live audiovisual
performance." In 2010, designs and develops the solo project Lotzio, with whom he intends to work
with techniques and styles of electronic music, media and contemporary art in a dialogue between
different art forms, investigating the possibilities of what he defines "extended listening"
(perceptual, cognitive, instinctive, physical, social, cultural ...). Some of his works were
presented in the electronic music audiovisual and digital art festivals such as LA TERRA FERTILE" (Sassari 2010), "FESTIVAL 5 GIORNATE
PER LA NUOVA MUSICA" (Milano 2011), FUTURA FESTIVAL 2011 (Crest-FRANCE), NAO Performing Festival (Milan - 2011).
With his work PLASM_on he won the iLiveCrossMedia section of TEC ART ECO FESTIVAL – 02 CREAZIONI (Lugano-2011)
Currently, in addition to the commitment of the solo project Lotzio, he's finalizing the establishment
of a new method of approach teaching in the area of "Introduction into music and movement for children
(from 2 years-old) and olders", using electroacousticals tools and technologies, developing a methodology
with specific attention to aesthetics and history of contemporary music.